{"id":78023,"date":"2025-11-04T09:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=78023"},"modified":"2025-11-04T09:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:54:28","slug":"trumps-remarks-a-call-for-peace-unity-in-nigeria-northern-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/04\/trumps-remarks-a-call-for-peace-unity-in-nigeria-northern-can\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Remarks a Call for Peace, Unity in Nigeria -Northern CAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory has urged Nigerians to interpret U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s recent comments on alleged Christian persecution in Nigeria as a call for peace and unity, not division.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of Northern CAN, Rev. John Hayab, made the appeal on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).<\/p>\n<p>Trump had recently alleged that Christians in Nigeria were facing genocide and called for global attention, a statement that has sparked wide debate across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Hayab said the comments should serve as a wake-up call for Christians and Muslims alike to demand decisive government action against killings and religious intolerance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s statement should be seen as an opportunity for peace-loving Nigerians to unite and urge the government to stop the killing of anyone based on religion or identity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Trump\u2019s words, when viewed objectively, reflected concern rather than condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you read Trump\u2019s statement with an open mind, you\u2019ll hear the voice of a visitor urging us to do more to enjoy peace and unity in our country,\u201d Hayab stated.<\/p>\n<p>He cautioned against twisting Trump\u2019s comments to sow discord, stressing that all Nigerians desire the freedom to practice their faith without fear or discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we want is freedom for all, Christians, Muslims, or free thinkers to worship as they choose,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hayab also called on religious leaders, government authorities, and citizens to prioritise peacebuilding and national reconciliation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in the 19 Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory has urged Nigerians to interpret U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s recent comments on alleged Christian persecution in Nigeria as a call for peace and unity, not division. The Chairman of Northern CAN, Rev. John Hayab, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1724,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insecurity","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78025,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78023\/revisions\/78025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}